ZachWeinersmith

ZachWeinersmith, 1 hour ago to random

Hey media dorks--

How do you think the switch from passive to active TV consumption has affected the medium? I wonder if it helps explain the rise of infinite sequels and catering to fandoms?

ZachWeinersmith, 15 hours ago to random

Just this last December, the US had more photovoltaic shipments than all of 2011, at 1/5 the price.

ZachWeinersmith, 1 day ago to comics

Ethics
Bonus panel here: http://smbc-comics.com/comic/ethics-5 #smbc #hiveworks #comics #webcomics #graph

ZachWeinersmith, 1 day ago to comics

Consciousness
Full comic here: http://smbc-comics.com/comic/consciousness-5

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ZachWeinersmith, 2 days ago to random

My wife is now sharing the worst facts

https://www.instagram.com/p/C7JslqvOZZM/?hl=en

ZachWeinersmith, 2 days ago to comics

The rant nobody asked for.

Full comic here: http://smbc-comics.com/comic/myth-2

#smbc #hiveworks #comics #webcomics #superhero #myth

ZachWeinersmith, 3 days ago to random

10-year-old told me today that chanting things, e.g. "eat the worm!" or whatever was a distinctly boy activity.

What are weird some things your kids have perceived as gendered?

ZachWeinersmith, 3 days ago to comics

I solved ethics. Full comic here: http://smbc-comics.com/comic/consequent
#smbc #hiveworks #comics #webcomics #philosophy

ZachWeinersmith, 5 days ago to random

For Bea Wolf 2 I converted the "this is the song that never ends" song to Old English style verse. Don't think I'll end up using it, so I give it to you:

This song is unstopping, ceases never
Ongoing my friends, onward always,
Some sang it, seeing not its nature
So too I sing, senseless of how
This song is unstopping...

ZachWeinersmith, 6 days ago to comics

Full comic here: http://smbc-comics.com/comic/hands-down
#smbc #hiveworks #comics #webcomics #ai

ZachWeinersmith, 6 days ago to random

Longer review of our book, by Carmack. I'm pretty geeked out. Also it's a kind of review I quite like, which is that he seems to be pretty opposed to several of our positions, but still thinks we did a good job: https://x.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/1791531987490029864

ZachWeinersmith, 8 days ago to random

Weird question:

Why do you think so few artists attempt to create a magnum opus? It really seems most people who are good at something want to just keep making it in various forms, but don't try to make a single lasting great work, even when they're in a position to try.

As an example of what I mean, take Virgil who became well known for pastoral writing, but always had an eye on writing a national epic. A few people still read Georgics and Eclogues, but the Aeneid is the Opus.

ZachWeinersmith, 7 days ago to comics

AI
http://smbc-comics.com/comic/ai-12
#smbc #hiveworks #comics #webcomics #ai

ZachWeinersmith, 8 days ago to random

Something that's new to me in writing Bea Wolf is that the book runs on a long plan I outlined ages ago, and now I'm filling in the pieces stanza by stanza. And often it feels like the stanzas, even if well written, have no emotional oomph. But you just have to trust that if the oomph was in the outline, it'll appear for the reader even if you don't feel it right now. Sort of like making a mosaic and having trouble seeing the design when you're putting in a tiny piece.

ZachWeinersmith, 8 days ago to comics

Readers, you have the feckfulness to go to my website to see the full comic: http://smbc-comics.com/comic/feckful
#smbc #hiveworks #comics #webcomics #language

ZachWeinersmith, 9 days ago to random

Stupid econ question:

So it looks like a lot of remaining inflation is rent. In that case, wouldn't you want to lower rates to increase home-building and home-ownership in order to reduce rent pricing?

ZachWeinersmith, 9 days ago to random

Ethics papers:

Suppose X. Now, consider X is a subcategory of Z which is equivalent to R, which as recently been shown to be comparable to N which is, taken with P2, a type of W, and W is generally agreed to be icky.

ZachWeinersmith, 10 days ago to random

One of the weird things about writing a book called Bea Wolf is you discover the "Be a wolf" hashtag which appears to be a lot of large shaven men posting photos of themselves to each other?

ZachWeinersmith, 11 days ago to comics

Full comic here: http://smbc-comics.com/comic/automatic

#smbc #hiveworks #comics #webcomics #religion

ZachWeinersmith, 12 days ago to random

So, after putting it down for many years, I'm back to trying to read HG Wells' corpus. Interesting thing: all of his famous, lasting, books were published between 1895-1899, when he was aged 29 to 33. There are other novels, lots of philosophical and political thought, but so far I would say none of it comes close to that first few years.

Having read lots of it my feeling is that he was very smart but used up his original ideas quickly and his political thought verged on silly.

ZachWeinersmith, 12 days ago to random

How old were you when you realized that when your karate teacher told you not to put your thumb inside your first, it's because he was protecting other people from you having ultimate power punches?

ZachWeinersmith, 14 days ago to random

There should be a version of John Wick where, as in the Iliad, whenever someone is killed for any reason you get a story about where they came from, who their parents are, and how they'll never see their son again.

ZachWeinersmith, 14 days ago to random

Hey language-learners, what's your tip for improving your ear? I can read French pretty well, with a glossary, and I can write it OK, but my hearing is garbage.

ZachWeinersmith, 14 days ago to random

I'm offended by this comic idea

ZachWeinersmith, 14 days ago to random

J'apprends la Francais par lire Reddit, et... "gant de toilette" ? Qu'est ce qui passe dans les douches francaises?